High Court overturns Kathleen Sharina McCarthy’s UK surrender order

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The High Court overturned the order surrendering Kathleen Sharina McCarthy to the UK over her 2017 in-absentia money laundering conviction.

It upheld her appeal and refused her surrender because she was not shown to know that trial could proceed in her absence.

The case was recorded in March 2026.